Re: skinny runners
- From: Rich Travsky <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:37:09 -0600
Lee Olsen wrote:
>
> Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > 1 man outruns a horse,
>
> You forget---a fat 45 year old man outran the horse.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7u5wo
> "In fact, he walked and ran with better mechanics than we do today. The
> mechanics of his femur, femur head, pelvis, and lower back are superior
> to those of today. We have had to sacrifice some of that efficiency of
> walking and running to give birth to children with larger brains."
>
> Now the Turkana Boy would not have needed 50 miles to run the horse
> down.
>
> and the dry apers believe humans were wavanna
> > hunters...
>
> But all humans can hold their breath for 5 minutes and dive to 10
> meters without any training, right?
Marc also likes to cite long distance swimmers, yet downplays anything
on land.
> sigh...
>
> Yes.
>
> >
> >
> > "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1126019382.258203.296210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > > > The savanna believers' view is solely based on so-called
> > > > "outrunning" of
> > > > > > other animals on the savanna. I don't see why they should outrun
> > > > anything
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/dcxyw
> > >
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